Lollipops Ruapehu Drive
Education & Care
201 Ruapehu Drive, Fitzherbert · Palmerston North City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in its 2017 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership, with a grade of B across these dimensions. Bicultural practice was identified as a developing area requiring further work, graded C.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Lollipops Educare Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO Review · 2017-03-03
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Literacy and numeracy are suitably integrated into the programme. Purposeful learning areas encourage children's exploration and discovery."
Sound integration of literacy and numeracy; purposeful learning areas established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Portfolios show children's involvement across centre experiences. Their interests and learning are highlighted, as are ways that families can contribute to this journey. Planning makes visible for parents the current programme focus."
Effective portfolio communication; families supported to contribute to learning.
"An acknowledged next step is for leaders and teachers to further develop bicultural practices, then consider and respond to what success for Māori children as Māori means in this centre."
Bicultural practice identified as developing area requiring further work.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Staffing ratios exceed minimum requirements; compliance systems in place.
"Centre leaders place strong emphasis on growing and maintaining relationships and building a strong team. A culture of teacher reflection is encouraged. Teachers are keenly involved in professional learning and development to build practice."
Strong team focus and professional learning culture established; reflection encouraged.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Ruapehu Drive dated 2017-03-03, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Lollipops Ruapehu Drive hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.
The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
201 Ruapehu Drive, Fitzherbert. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Ruapehu Drive a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Ruapehu Drive is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Ruapehu Drive?
- 50 children attend Lollipops Ruapehu Drive (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Ruapehu Drive?
- 201 Ruapehu Drive Fitzherbert Palmerston North City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #50121) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
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